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Building a raised bed wall
I'm building my garden from scratch and would like to build a raised bed at the back of the garden in the shape of a half circle. I'm thinking of building it with brick but is there any other way of building a raisedbed wall cheaply?
Can you buy complete bed wall packages? |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... I'm building my garden from scratch and would like to build a raised bed at the back of the garden in the shape of a half circle. I'm thinking of building it with brick but is there any other way of building a raisedbed wall cheaply? I made a raised bed from treated timber log rolls, not the half logs you edge flowerbeds with, but full round logs, about 2 feet high and 1 metre long per roll. The logs themselves are about 3" diameter. Not the most permanent solution but I reckon it'll last a good 20 years, I dipped the rolls in preserver myself as an extra precaution against rot. I'm tryng hard to remember what I paid for them, I think it was £20/metre, though I can't be sure. Don't try and hammer them in, they don't have pointy ends, just dig down a few inches to make a shallow trench where they are to go, and sit them in a bit of concrete, you don't lots. Quite a quick job, though there is a bit of skill and patience needed in getting them all aligned, and not sloping off in various directions. Use a spirit level with both horizontal and vertical bubbles. I lined the inside of my raised bed with anti-weed fabric to keep the earth from leaking out. It has performed very well. Andy. |
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What about straw bales placed and stacked like bricks? You could
plaster the outside of them like how they make straw bale houses! There is my 2 cents! Erin |
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